The Program in Critical Theory enables enrolled PhD students from across the social sciences, arts, and humanities to obtain certification of a Designated-Emphasis specialization in Critical Theory.
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UC Berkeley’s Designated Emphasis (“DE”) in Critical Theory offers courses on foundational nineteenth-century theories and discourses of critique; on the Frankfurt School; and on other modern and contemporary forms of critical theory, including critical race theory, postcolonial theory, feminism, gender studies, queer theory, critical legal theory, and modes of critique arising from structuralism and poststructuralism.
